Talal Silo

{{Short description|Syrian army colonel and SDF spokesman (2014–2017)}} {{Infobox military person | name = Talal Silo<br />{{lang|ar|طلال سلو}} | image = Talal Ali Silo in January 2016.png | image_size = | alt = | caption = Silo in 2016 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = {{lang|ar|طلال علي سلو}} (Talal Ali Silo) | other_name = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1965}}<ref name=pkk>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2017/11/15/us-backed-sdf-spox-talal-sillo-defects-from-pkk-aligned-group-crosses-into-turkey|title=US-backed SDF spox Talal Sillo defects from PKK-aligned group, crosses into Turkey|work=Daily Sabah|date=15 November 2017}}</ref> | birth_place = Al-Rai, Syria<ref name=biography>{{cite web|url=http://buyerpress.com/?p=40413|title=Find out about the biography of the spokesperson of "QSD" Col. Talal Sallou|work=Buyer Press|date=31 August 2016}}</ref> | death_date =  | death_place = | burial_label = | burial_place = | burial_coordinates =  | allegiance = {{ubl|{{flagicon|Ba'athist Syria}} Syrian Arab Republic (1985–2004)|{{nowrap|{{flag|Syrian opposition}} (2013–2015, since 2017)}}| {{flagicon image|De facto SA-NES Flag.svg}} Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (2015–2017)}} | branch = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces.svg}} Syrian Arab Armed Forces (1985–2004)<br />Syrian Turkmen Assembly (2013–2015)<br />Syrian Democratic Forces (2015–2017) | service_years = | service_years_label = | rank = Colonel | rank_label = | service_number =  | unit = {{ubl|Seljuk Brigade (2013–2015)|Army of Revolutionaries (2015)}} | commands = Spokesman of the Syrian Democratic Forces (2015–17)<br /> Commander of the Seljuk Brigade (2013–15) | battles = {{tree list}} * '''Syrian Civil War''' ** Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War ** 2015 al-Hawl offensive ** Tishrin Dam offensive ** Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016) ** Manbij offensive (2016) ** Turkish military intervention in Syria ** Raqqa campaign (2016–2017) *** Battle of Raqqa (2017) {{tree list/end}} | awards = | memorials = | spouse =  | children = | relations = | other_work = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | website =  | module = }} '''Talal Silo''' ({{langx|ar|طلال سلو}}; also transliterated ''Telal Silo'', ''Talal Sallou'') is a Syrian Turkmen<ref name="Najjar">{{cite web|last=Najjar|first=Farah|year=2017|title=What is the future of the Syrian Democratic Forces?|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/future-syrian-democratic-forces-171124110417741.html1|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=13 June 2018}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> former military personnel who was the official Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesperson from 2014 until his surrender or defection<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Reports: SDF spox Silo defects to FSA, Turkey|url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/151120171|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Rudaw English}}</ref> to Turkey in November 2017, covering major SDF operations and battles against the militant group ISIL.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-11-16|title=U.S.-backed Syria forces say Turkey pressured commander into defecting|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-defection-idUSKBN1DG26G|access-date=2021-01-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2017-11-16|title=statement to Public opinion|url=http://sdf-press.com/en/2017/11/public-opinion-statement-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032616/http://sdf-press.com/en/2017/11/public-opinion-statement-2/|archive-date=2017-12-01|access-date=2021-01-02|website=SDF official|language=en-US|url-status=dead}}</ref> His departure marked the first major defection among the SDF's top ranks.<ref name="Najjar" />

During an interview, he claimed that during the SDF's capture of Raqqa from ISIL, thousands of ISIL fighters—far more than initially reported—left the city as part of a secret agreement approved by the United States. However, U.S. officials dismissed Silo's statements as “false and fabricated.”<ref>{{citation|last1=Evans|first1=Dominic|last2=Coskun|first2=Orhan|year=2017|title=Defector says thousands of Islamic State fighters left Raqqa in secret deal|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-defector/defector-says-thousands-of-islamic-state-fighters-left-raqqa-in-secret-deal-idUSKBN1E12AP|publisher=Reuters|access-date=13 June 2016}}</ref> The agreement is considered by some as a strategic maneuver by the SDF and coalition forces.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-04|title=SDF commander's claims of Turkish allegiance raise eyebrows|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/12/sdf-commander-defects-accuses-us-dishonesty.html|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Al-Monitor|language=en}}</ref> The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian National Army (SNA) have offered differing accounts regarding the reasons for Silo's departure, highlighting the ongoing complexities of the Syrian Civil War.<ref name=Najjar/>

== See also == * Seljuk Brigade * Syrian Democratic Forces

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